High School Wrestling: Huron hands Golden Eagles 37-28 loss

April 03, 2007

By Deb Smith American News Sports Writer More than half of the individual matchups changed but the end result stayed the same. For the second time in a week, Huron defeated Aberdeen Central in a wrestling dual. Last week, Huron won 37-28 in a quadrangular tournament on Saturday, and on Friday the Tigers defeated the Golden Eagles 36-22 in an Eastern South Dakota Conference contest. Both matches took place in Aberdeen but in different locations. The quadrangular was held in the Aberdeen Civic Arena and the ESD match was at Golden Eagles Arena. "It was about the same outcome," said Central coach Toby Bryant. "Heavyweight was a closer match. Other than that there were a lot of great individual performances. It was about the same story as last weekend. They got some big points from 103 to 119. They've got some really good kids going through those weight classes right now. Nothing against our kids. That's where Huron is really tough and they know how to get big points." Huron juggled its lineup from last weekend, giving the Golden Eagles eight new matchups. Central was forced to forfeit at 112 pounds because of an illness to Austin Hieb. The strengths of the two teams are in different areas of the lineup. The Tigers are strong in the lighter weight classes and Central in the heavier ones. The Golden Eagles broke out to a 16-9 lead with wins at 152, 171, 189 and 215 pounds. Derek Johnson scored 10 points in the first period on the way to a 17-5 win over Jesse Katz at 152 pounds and Isaiah Barse defeated Wade Schoenfelder 9-2 at 171. Josh Larson trailed 6-4 at the end of the second period at 189 pounds but rallied with an escape, one point on stalling and a takedown in the final 30 seconds for an 8-6 win over Frank Iverson. Baker Haar needed just one minute to pin Austin Musil at 215 pounds. Huron's Jon Strubel stopped the string with a 7-5 win over Keith Mayer at heavyweight. It was Strubel's second straight win over Mayer. The heavyweight win was the first of five straight and pushed the Tigers to a 29-16 lead. The Golden Eagles scored their final points on a pin by Tyler Fisher over Travis Iverson at 130 pounds. "There's not much we could do. They have some options. They did about what we thought. No strategy played in anybody's favor. The outcome was still about the same," said Bryant. The mats remain on the floor at Golden Eagles Arena today for the Lee Wolf Invitational Tournament, a 16-team tournament, that gets underway on four mats beginning at 10 a.m. "We seeded this thing Wednesday night and there's a lot of good quality wrestlers coming," said Bryant. "This tournament is getting tougher and tougher every year. We've had a lot of interest with people wanting to come up here in this facility and be part of the Lee Wolf. It's a fun tournament to watch." VARSITY 145, Josh Harvey, H, def. Nathan Solum, 6-2; 152, Derek Johnson, AC, def. Jesse Katz, 17-5; 160, Brad Magness, H, pinned Brady Haar, 5:55; 171, Isaiah Barse, AC, def. Wade Schoenfelder 9-2; 189, Josh Larson, AC, def. Frank Iverson, 8-6; 215, Baker Haar, AC, pinned Austin Musil, 1:00; Hwt., Jon Strubel, H, def. Keith Mayer, 7-5; 103, Derrick Walraven, H, def. Grant Locken, 15-3; 112, Braden Binger, H, won by forfeit; 119, Cole Knudson, H, def. Lance Bonn, 11-3; 125, Cord Glanzer, H, def. Lance Habeck, 6-3; 130, Tyler Fisher, AC, pinned Travis Iverson, 1:16; 135, Trevor Hupp, H, def. Ray Anderson, 5-3; 140, Dustin Walraven, AC, Jared Fischbach, 10-2. JUNIOR VARSITY 145, Zach Kolb, pinned Arturo Bragg, 3:33; 152, Eddenson Alvizures, H, pinned Billy Maunu, 2:25; 160, Taylor Jones, H, pinned John Gellhaus, 4:53; 171, Josh Root, H, pinned Levi Froke, 2:43; 189, Frank Doll, H, pinned Garrett Gangwish, 1:03; 215, Jon Maier, AC, pinned Paul Redmond, :32; Hwt., Nathan Little, AC, def. Eric Witte, 1-0; 103, Billy Mulvanney, pinned Eric Chapin, no time reported; 112, Dylan Harvey, H, won by forfeit; 119, Adam Scherr, AC, def. Taylor Feldhaus, 11-1; 125, Casey Root, H, pinned John Boggs, 3:26; 130, Jesse Habeck, AC, pinned Nick Dumke, 3:50; 135, Chris Bawdon, H, pinned Tom Erickson, 4:52; 140, Drew Borkowski, H, pinned J.J. Swearingen, 4:13. Exhibition Chris Knudson, H, pinned Hayden Finnesand, :48; Dylan Harvey, H, pinned Joe Locken, :39; Arturo Bragg, H, pinned Nick Jensen, 2:51; Eddenson Alvizures, H, pinned Justin Brick.